function rules_pack_variables in Rules 6

Packs the given variables ready for serialization. Data types which are identifiable are replaced by their identifiers and loaded fresh from the db when the variables are unpacked.

Parameters

$variables: An array of variable information

$data: An array of data for the given variables, in the same order as the information.

Return value

The packed variables or FALSE if packing failed.

1 call to rules_pack_variables()

rules_scheduler_schedule_task in rules_scheduler/rules_scheduler.module

Schedule a task by inserting it into the database.

File

rules/rules.variables.inc, line 223

Provides functions and classes for handling variables

Code

function rules_pack_variables($variables, $data) {
  $packed = array(
    'variables' => $variables,
    'data' => array(),
  );
  foreach (array_values($variables) as $i => $info) {
    $type = rules_get_data_object($info, $data[$i]);
    if (isset($type) && $type
      ->is_identifiable()) {
      $id = $type
        ->get_identifier();
      if (!isset($id)) {
        return FALSE;
      }
      $packed['data'][$i] = $id;
    }
    else {
      $packed['data'][$i] = $data[$i];
    }
  }
  return $packed;
}